Principal Software Engineer Rust Python - FinTech

Principal Software Engineer / Developer London / WFH to £120k

Do you have expertise with backend development within a finance / trading environment?

You could be progressing your career in a hands-on Principal Software Engineer role at a growing, global, FinTech services company that has seen 30-40% year on year growth for the past 10 years and has ambitious growth plans, with £48 million investment growth recently.

You'll be working on a relatively new code base with no technical debt (it's true!).

As a Principal Software Engineer you will develop and execute the backend strategy for financial and quantitative applications, providing technical leadership and expertise on Rust and Python to a growing team (currently five).

You'll work with business stakeholders to understand their needs and take a lead role in designing, architecting and implementing backend services, with around 80% of your time hands-on, building Python based APIs and Rust based event driven microservices whilst also overseeing Agile processes and mentoring the team.

Location / WFH:

You'll join the team in Central London three days a week with flexibility to work from home the other two days.

About you:

• You are degree educated in a STEM discipline and have ideally studied to MSc / PhD level
• You have experience within a financial services / banking / trading environment with a strong understanding of financial systems and processes
• You have worked on large scale distributed microservices systems
• You have strong Rust and Python development experience
• You have advanced analysis and problem solving skills
• You're collaborative with mentoring and technical project leadership experience

What's in it for you:

As a Principal Software Engineer / Developer you will earn a package including:

• Salary to £120k
• Bonus
• Private Medical Healthcare including Dental and Vision cover
• Pension
• Share Option scheme
• Employee Wellness Programme
• Summer time hours
• £2k personalised training budget

Apply now to find out more about this Principal Software Engineer / Developer (Rust Python) opportunity.

At Client Server we believe in a diverse workplace that allows people to play to their strengths and continually learn. We're an equal opportunities employer whose people come from all walks of life and will never discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The clients we work with share our values.